Year 3 braved the elements and ventured to Kent's Cavern to continue our learning about the Stone Age. All the children were able to share their knowledge and learned many new things throughout their day.

​We had a guided tour of the cave; looked at how Stone Age people made weapons and built shelters to survive; became archaeologists and dug for our own treasure and went on a Woodland Trail to mind clues about what the weather was like during this period in History.

​The children all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and a good, if not cold, day was had by all!

After wishing for a class pet and waiting all week for a response, we finally received a very exciting parcel on Friday morning. Take a look at some of the excited faces when we all realised what was inside!​

Our hamsters are still very shy and need some time to settle in to their new homes. More pictures coming as soon as we can catch them exploring.

In year 3, we have been lucky enough to be visited by year 5 who came to read us their finished stories. We could tell they have worked really hard to write and present them beautifully. We really enjoyed listening to them. Check the year 5 blog to see pictures of us all enjoying the stories together!

This morning, we had a very special parcel arrive in year 3. When we finally opened it, there was a magic egg inside with a letter that granted us three wishes. We've thought really carefully about what we will wish for but he only problem is... we don't know who it's from! We've looked for clues in all sorts of places and have lots of ideas about who it could be.

For our topic of Stone Age, we set the children some home learning about the prehistoric animals that lived around in this period.

​We were all blown away by the amount of creativity and effort the children put into their home learning and held a celebration gallery across both classes. The children (and parents) definitely defied our expectations by the wonderful creations that were brought in. Even Mrs Johns popped down and was amazed by the standard of their home learning.

As part of our learning about the Stone Age, we have built the different parts of Stone Henge using biscuits. This helped us to label the different parts and find out about the different types of stone that were used when it was built.

We worked hard in teams to try and build the closest replica but the biggest challenge was not eating the building materials!